Architectural column



(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2,

J. M. LARIMER.

ARCHITECTURAL GGLUMN.

110.463,318. Patented Nov. 17,1891.

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ARCHITECTURAL COLUMN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 463,318, dated November 1'7, 1891. Application led August l0, 1891. Serial No. 402,235. (No model.)

To all whom t may concer-1c:

Be itknown that I, JOSEPH M. LARIMEE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Architectural Oolu mns, of which the following is a specification.

In tipe construction of high buildings itis now quite common to erect the frame of the building from metal columns which are connected end to end by cap plates and are joined laterally by girders, forming the supports for the several floors and ceilings. As heretofore constructed these cap-plates have been solid-thatis,imperforateexcept where provided with bolt-holes for securing the kneebraces or angle-plates, whereby the columns are secured end to end.l

In modern structures numerous lines of pipe for supplying water and heat to the upper floors and for carrying away waste of various kinds are employed, as well as electric wires, speaking-tubes, and the like. In previous constructions these pipes, tubes, and wires have usually been carried up through the floors in the corners of the rooms and exterior to the walls. so disposed, and, besides, openings must be made in the floors through which they pass. The modern forms of columns have externally-opening spaces which may be used to contain these pipes, and it is the object of my invention to adapt these columns to receive the various pipes and wires between their iianges and projecting angles, and also to adapt the cap-plates of the columns for the passage of the various lines of pipes, wires, tubes, the.

One form of column of the general kind I have mentioned is shown in my patent, N o. 453,341, of June 2,1891, which column consists of metal beams having their webs bent on curved lines and centrally connected together th rough an interposed fillet. The heads of these beams present outwardly, and between said. heads sufiicient space is provided to receive the various pipes and wires, and I provide the cap-pieces with openings in line with the interstitial spaces of the columns, through which openings the pipes, tbc., pass.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a broken elevation of one of my patented columns, the base of a superposed column be- They are unsightly when ing-also shown. Fig. 2 isa plan view thereof. Figs. 8 and 3 show the two parts of a divided plate which is interposed between the columns,said parts having their adjoining margins notched to permit the passage of the pipes. Fig. a isa perspective view'of the column, showing the arrangement of pipes and electric wires therein and showing also a section of an external covering or iireprooiing for the column; and Figs. 5 and 6 are plan views of columns of like construction with perforated plates applied between the c0lu mns, the perforations permitting the passage of the wires and pipes.

In the drawings, the column shown is composed of the beams A, which are of the form technically known as I-beams, and which beams have their webs bent upon curved lines and centrally connected together through an interposed fillet B by means of the rivets C. The interstitial spaces between the webs or behind the heads of these beams forni suitable passage-ways for lines of pipes, electric wires, dsc., and to adapt them for such use I provide the plates II, which are interposed between the columns, as seen in Fig. l, with apertures 7b, through which the pipes D or' wires E may pass. These plates may be constructed in two parts, as shown in Figs. 3 and 3, or integral, as shown in Fig. 5. In the former construction their meeting edges may be notched to provide the apertures, while with the integral plate the apertures will be formed through the body thereof.

F represents iianged metal brackets which are employed as a base, as a support for the girder, or as a part of the top connection for the superposed column G. The exteriors ot theseposts are usually covered with a fireproof material, of which I represents a section.

These columns need not all be provided with the perforated plates between them; but any column in a building maybe so provided,

and thus be made to afford convenient means for carrying up the pipes, electric wires, speaking-tubes, and the like to the several floors of the building without being exposed to view within the rooms and without the necessity of p uncturing the several floors for their passage.

I do not, of course, limit my invention to the particular column specified, although it IOO affords exceptional advantages for utilizing my said invention, because of tlie large interstitial spaces between the heads of the beams. My invention is Well adapted to steel columns, which are now extensively used and of the character known as Z-coluinns.

I claiin- 1. The combination, in a building,With the metal columns thereof having interstitial spaces, of plates for connecting the abutting ends of said columns, and said plates having` apertures therein for the passage of pipes, Jac., substantially as described.

2. In building construction, the `combination, with columns, of interposed metal connecting-plates, said plates having apertures for the passage of pipes, Wires, and the like, substantially as described.

' JOSEPH M. LARIMER.

Vitnesses: t

G. C. LINTHIGUM, FREDERICK C. GOODWIN. 

